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Minority set-asides wouldn't be my answer. It seems the government needs the best contractors it can get. You'll notice that private companies never do that st

• cjoh 13y ago
  Minority set-asides aren't our exclusive purpose. We want to reform the procurement process to make it more competitive and honest. Part of that is making it so that a woman doesn't have to write an essay explaining that she's a woman before she gets granted woman owned business status by the SBA. But another part of it is advocating for the RFP-IT Act, which would make it a lot easier for small businesses to sell to the federal government: http://blog.dobt.co/2014/01/27/Reform-Federal-Procurement-for-Information-Technology-Act/ http://blog.dobt.co/2014/01/27/Reform-Federal-Procurement-fo... And another is piloting our software, Screendoor.io, which is based on the project we ran successfully in the White House, RFP-EZ: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/05/15/rfp-ez-delivers-savings-taxpayers-new-opportunities-small-business http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/05/15/rfp-ez-delivers-sa...